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BOARDSmicrobiology
Protozoa Pathogens
species | disease |
---|---|
Entamoeba histolytica | Amebic dysentery - trophozoite |
Balantidum coli | colitis - trophozoite |
Naegleria flowleri | primary acute meningoencephalitis - trophozoite |
Giardia Lamblia | camper's diarreha, diarrheal disease, malabsorption, flagellates in stool -- trophozoite |
Trichomonas vaginalis | urethritis, vaginitis - trophozoite ( frothy discharge female, no S/S males |
pneumocyctis carinii (fungus) | opportunistic lung infection - trophozoite |
Plasmodium falciparum | malignant tertian malaria ( black water fever) anopheles mosquito vector, seen in history |
babesia microti, bovis | babesiasis - similar to malaria in S/S & TX |
Trypanosoma brucei, rhodesiense, gambiense | African sleeping sickness - Tsetse fly |
Trypanosoma cruzi | Chaga's Disease |
Reduviid bug | kissing bug - affects heart, esophagus & colon |
Leishmania donovani | Kala-azar 75-95% fatal if untreated, increased skin pigmentation splenomegaly, decreased bone marrow |
Leishmania donovani | vector a sand fly |
Leishmania tropica, mexicana, brasiliensis | cutaneous & mucocutaneous leishmaniasis vector a sandfly |
Toxoplasma gondii | toxoplasmosis -- cat feces could be fatal to fetus |